Bug with MgS & Encumbrance! (in General)


Tyriel [123456789] March 14 2009 9:05 PM EDT

Here's the deal. My two minion character has one, Prometheus, with a RoBF, AoI, and named MgS. He has 0.99 Encumbrance.

The other minion, Achilles, has some near-base armor.

vivi takes damage from his own Magic Missile (4)!
vivi's Magic Missile hit Achilles [148]

vivi takes damage from his own Magic Missile (5)!
vivi's Magic Missile hit Prometheus for no damage

This kind of thing happens every battle with DD spells except Decay. They easily kill Achilles, as they should, as he has barely any + AC, However, Prometheus isn't being damaged, let along killed, by DD spells, at all.

The same thing happens when I swap my MgS to the other minion, giving him 0.99 Encumbrance.

When I take the MgS off, I take damage normally.

Admindudemus [jabberwocky] March 14 2009 11:44 PM EDT

added to the known issues page of the wiki.

AdminTitan [The Sky Forge] March 15 2009 1:33 AM EDT

This has been brought up before, I think MgS's give a flat DD reduction in damage, so at lower levels you can take 0 damage.

Admindudemus [jabberwocky] March 15 2009 11:31 AM EDT

"# Plus 0.75% resistance to Direct Damage Spells for each point of enchantment. Effect does not decay like the Elven Hauberk.

it is a percentage based and therefore shouldn't block out all damage.

Colonel Custard [The Knighthood] March 15 2009 11:59 AM EDT

RBF also gives Magic reduction as well. The no damage is probably due to stacking.

ENC doesn't reduce tattoo level (that's what MTL is for) and doesn't affect the MgS reduction because it's not AC? It seems to make sense to me, though I'm not sure if it is either designed to function this way or balanced when it does function this way.

AdminNightStrike March 15 2009 12:01 PM EDT

Your MgS is huge, the incoming damage is small, and it's already reduced by other factors. Rounding has to take place at some point.

If you see this in cases of much larger DD, then it might be an issue.

Kong Ming March 15 2009 12:08 PM EDT

Its normal when the DD damage is low but once the levels go up, you will start receiving damage.
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